End-gate fastener



Oct. .20, 1925. 1,557,906

D. s. VANNORSDEL END GATE FASTENER Filed March-2'8. 1923 Patented Get. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATES,

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Apph'cation filed li'fa rch 28,1923. jseri i Nata 8,163.. '3 H To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that DEWEY G. VANNORSDEL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Kingsley, in the county of Plymouth and State of Iowa, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gate Fasteners of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to end gate fasteners and its principal object is to provide a device of this character which will eliminate the usual end gate rod and can be readily removed in close quarters where it would be impossible to take out an end gate rod.

Further the invention contemplates an end gate fastener particularly adapted for use on vertically sliding end gates and which.

includes the co-operating elements which will be readily arranged in operative position for locking the end gate to the wagon, and which when desired may be readily disengaged for permitting the end gate to be removed.

Further, the invention provides a device of this character which may be used in conjunction with any type of end gate of the vertical slide type and which may be manufactured and sold at a nominal cost.

With the preceding and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the constructions, arrangements of parts and operations to be hereinafter specifically referred to, claimed and illustraated in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is an end elevation of an end gate equipped with my invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Figure 3 is a perspective of the device;

Figure at is a perspectve of one of the elements used in the invention;

Referring in detail to the drawings wherein corresponding characters of reference denote corresponding parts thruout the several views, the numeral 5 designates a conventional wagon or truck provided with a vertically sliding end gate designated at 6. My improved fastener comprises a pair of rigid arms 7 secured to the opposite side walls of the wagon 5 and project beyond the same and provided with openings or bearings 8. A hasp is provided for each of the arms and each includes an obliquely disposed shank 9 having its lower end formed with a trunnion 10 which is journaled in one of the bearings 8. The upper end of the shank 9 is formed with a rectangular yoke 11 adapted to receive the head 12 of a bolt 13, which extends transversely thru the end gate 6, the latter to be provided with nut 14 toretain this fastening in position. In order to retain the rectangular yoke 11 on the head the latter is provided with a vertically extending opening 12 which receives a pin 15 carried by a chain or other flexible element 16 secured to the end gate 6. When it is desired .to remove the end gate it is only necessary to disengage the pins from the head 12 and swing the hasps downwardly on their axis.

From the disclosure it will be seen that I have provided a simple and inexpensive end gate fastener that may be associated with any end gate employing a. vertical slide and may be readily associated with the same without altering the parts of the end gate or wagon.

From the foregoing it will be'seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and elficient means for carrying out the objects of the invetnion, and while I have particularly described the means best adapted to perform the functions set forth, various changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention.

WV'hat I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

In a device of the class described, the combination with a wagon box body and a vertically slidable end gate therefor; of a fastening means for the end'gate comprising rigid arms secured to the outer face of the side walls of said body and projecting beyond the rear end edges thereof, the projecting free ends of said arms being formed with bearings disposed in a horizontal plane below the upper edge of said end gate andabove the transverse central plane of the wagon box body, said bearings being dis posed in a vertical plane forward of the plane of the outer face of the end gate, a

pair of hasps pivotally mounted at their inner ends in the bearings of the aforesad arms and havng upwardly and obliquely extending shank portions formed thereon,

the extreme outer ends of said shank por-.

tions terminating in. laterally disposed yokes, bolts mounted in said end gate adjacent the upper and side edges thereof,

the inner ends of said nuts engaged with bolts adapted for contact with the inner face of 'the elnd gate, enlargedifliit Heed-1 m} vided with ltitereil slots therein; the outer tonsfb"rrf1ed0fi" th'eo'utefenfls of saint bolts e'fld's ofsaidflet iieadportionsbeinground- 10 providing shoulders between the head pored; and pins adapted to be inserted through tions and the bolts adapted to 20but the'out'-' the slots: in, the:- head portions after the 5 er face of the end gate to permit the head yokes have been applied thereto, as and for portions to project beyond the letter," sid thepur poses described. head portions being adapted 01 reception In testimony vghereof I afiix my signature.

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